[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) › c8.18 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.18 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.18 - **Language:** English ### [c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.18) On the occasion of the introduction of the Age of Consent Bill in 1891, Sir R. G. Bhandarkar brought out a well-documented pamphlet citing Sanskrit texts to establish that a girl should be married only when she attains maturity. On the other hand B.G. Tilak, to whom any stick was good enough to beat the alien rulers, cited texts against this Bill.² - [Previous: c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.17) - [Next: c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.19) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.18) · Pramāṇa